Pont Alexandre III

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Alexander III bridge odnoarochny bridge over the Seine in Paris between des Invalides and the Champs Elysees. The bridge is 160 meters. So as not to obscure the panorama of the Champs Elysees, the height of the building does not exceed six meters, which at the time of its creation was considered surprising dostizheniem.Most was built to commemorate the Franco-Russian alliance by Emperor Nicholas II in October 1896 and erected in four years. Named in honor of his father - the Emperor Alexander III. It opened on the eve of the World Expo 1900 (Grand Prix which got the project of the bridge over the Yenisei in Krasnoyarsk) in the presence of Russian Ambassador LP Urusova. Since 1975, the bridge is protected by the state as a monument of history and architecture.